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  • Advent Calendar Project ’15 – Week 2

    Every Friday for the twenty-four weeks leading up to December 1st, we will be making a handmade Christmas ornament. Follow along and make them all or pick and chose your favorites. This week’s ...
    Jun 26, 2015 3 Comments

  • Iron Craft ’15 Challenge 12 – Tiny Tardis Nightlight

    For this Iron Craft challenge we were to make a project inspired by something we were fans of. I’m a fan of a lot of things, but struggled with something I wanted to make based on them. In the e...
    Jun 23, 2015 4 Comments

  • Mitten Garland Advent Calendar – Mitten #2

    I’m thrilled so many people have decided to knit along on this project. It’s fun to see everyone’s color choices and the finished mittens starting to roll in the Ravelry group. I wan...
    Jun 22, 2015 2 Comments

  • Weekend Cocktail: Lady Dani

    This weekend is Midsommar and I wanted to make a cocktail that was perfect for warm weather and had a little Swedish flavor to it. Aquavit would have been the obvious choice, but I decided to work wit...
    Jun 20, 2015 2 Comments

  • Advent Calendar Project ’15 – Week 1

    Every Friday for the twenty-four weeks leading up to December 1st, we will be making a handmade Christmas ornament. Follow along and make them all or pick and chose your favorites. And off we go with...
    Jun 19, 2015 1 Comment

  • Project: Wonder Woman Cape (Swim Edition)

    I have made a Wonder Woman costume before, but this time I wanted to make a cape out of terry. That way, the cape would be big and dramatic, sure, but also, it would be warm and practical. Even the ti...
    Jun 17, 2015 No Comments

  • Mitten Garland Advent Calendar – Mitten #1

    Because doing Iron Craft and the Advent Calendar Project isn’t enough, I’ve decided to start knitting and designing a Mitten Garland Advent Calendar. I’m sure you have seen some of t...
    Jun 15, 2015 15 Comments

  • Weekend Cocktail: Chai-Tai

    I love mai-tais, they bring back lots of great memories of fun times in Hawaii. Apparently, most places use a mix to make it these days, but we decided to try our hand at making it from scratch instea...
    Jun 13, 2015 No Comments

  • Iron Craft ’15 Challenge #11 – Deer and Birch Papercut

    For this Iron Craft challenge we were asked to make something from paper. I’ve been itching to do another papercut project lately since it had been quite awhile. I had planned on doing something...
    Jun 09, 2015 2 Comments

  • Weekend Cocktail: French Lavender 75

    My husband Matt has decided that we are going to make cocktails at home once a week. This week we used some Tea Forté cocktail infusions we bought a while ago. I think you could use any herbal tea re...
    Jun 06, 2015 No Comments